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SSM-700K C-Star | |
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Type | Anti-ship missile |
Place of origin | South Korea |
Service history | |
In service | 2006–present |
Used by | See § Users |
Production history | |
Designer | Agency for Defense Development LIG Nex1 Hanwha Techwin |
Designed | 1996–2003 |
Manufacturer | LIG Nex1 Samsung/Hanwha Techwin |
Unit cost | ₩2,000,000,000 (US$1.75 million) |
Produced | 2004–present |
Specifications | |
Mass | 792 kg (with launcher: 1,061 kg) |
Length | 5.46 m |
Diameter | 0.34 m |
Warhead weight | 250 kg |
Detonation mechanism | Impact fuze |
Engine | Hanwha Techwin SS-760K (later SSE-750K) turbojet |
Operational range | 180+ km [1] |
Flight altitude | Sea-skimming |
Maximum speed | 1,162.8 km/h (Mach 0.95) |
Guidance system |
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The SSM-700K C-Star (Haeseong) (Korean: 해성, Sea Star) is a ship-launched sea-skimming surface-to-surface anti-ship cruise missile developed by the South Korean Agency for Defense Development (ADD), LIG Nex1 and the Republic of Korea Navy in 2003.[1] The missiles have deployed on KDX-II and KDX-III destroyers as of 2006, each carrying 8 and 16 of the missiles respectively, and on Ulsan-class frigates.